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Old 4th July 2009   #1
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Very asymetrical room. Is it good ?

Hi there

next month i'll get a new room for my noise production bizness. That said, it is very asymmetrical and wonder if i could get a proper acoustic treated result with these dimensions.
I plan to by acoustic foam panels, basstraps etc...but i can hardly have one 90° corner, all the rest is weird.

Height :approx 10 ft
Lenght : approx 16 ft
Width : approx 10 ft

the rectangle you see in the -poor- drawing is a staircase



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You certainly won't have a flutter echo problem from parallel walls
The room seems to small to build anything symmetrical into it. Would work as a tracking room, but for a control room? I doubt it.
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Hi Jan, thanks for replying


I mean...Is it OK to setup a homestudio (with no proper recording purposes) in a room like this ? Can i have some weird frequency behavior or anything i should know ?
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You have no chance of mixing stereo in a room that skew. You could of course try to make it totally "dead", but I'm not sure it's worth the effort.
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I found this one, look : the room seems asymmetrical too


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Is it possible to build a wall inside? drywall maybe or something similar. You could have a good symmetrical room with a good reflection free zone if you can put up a wall. here's a drawing. you could even have a small vocal booth.
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A wall ? no i'm afraid

a thick curtain maybe ?
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A very thick curtain. And one on the opposite wall too, for symmerty. Some panels behind the curtain for lower midrange.
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If this is all you have to work with I would try facing into the bottom right corner.
Also it is hard to tell by the drawing but how about facing the upper wall. If the 2 side walls are close to the same angle you may be fine. I still would treat the early reflections though and get as much bass trapping as possible.

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Thanks. I will post pics as soon as possible
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